Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II review

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II

The second full Sailor Moon Crystal soundtrack was released on July 27th in Japan. This features music which is mostly from the Infinity arc of Sailor Moon Crystal, referred to as Season III in Japan. This is a 2 CD set which is mostly instrumental music though TV sized versions of the season’s opening and closing themes are also included. The CD can be purchased online through sites like Amazon Japan for 3,240 yen, which is about $32 US. This may seem expensive for a CD soundtrack but this is a pretty standard price in Japan. The first soundtrack was released on iTunes for only $18. No indication yet as to if and when this might happen for this release.

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II

The packaging looks great. As with the last release we have a stained glass window style art piece. This one features Sailor Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Saturn, four of the central characters of the season. The discs themselves feature images of their guardian planets. Disc 1 shows what I deduce must be Uranus and Neptune and disc 2 shows Pluto and Saturn. Note of course that since the early 90s when the Sailor Guardians were originally created Pluto is no longer a planet so it’s really a planet and a dwarf planet on the second disc.

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II - Booklet - Page 1 and 2 - Track listing

Included is a short booklet which appears to have a track listing and some interviews. Have I mentioned I don’t speak Japanese? That means I also don’t read Japanese. Looks nice enough! I’ve included photos below for anyone who can read that.

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II - Disc 1

The CDs themselves contain music you’ve likely already heard in the series. While it is advertised as music from “Season III” that does not mean that this is only new music. A lot of the tracks seem to be repeats of music we’ve heard before in the first 26 episodes of Sailor Moon Crystal and thus would have already been released in the first Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks. There’s still a lot of new music, mostly that related to the new characters such as Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna and Hotaru as well as their super powered counterparts and the villains the Death Busters and Witches 5. Yasuharu Takanashi has been the music composer for the entire series so the new music sounds like the old music. The music in this series is great, as it has always been. I feel that the animation this season was a vast improvement and the solid soundtrack complements it nicely.

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II - Disc 2

The TV sized versions of the opening and closing themes are a nice addition. This includes three versions of the new opening theme In Love With the New Moon and the three ending themes. The first, Eternal Eternity, is sung by the voices of Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, Junko Minagawa and Sayaka Ohara. The second is Maiden’s Advice, sung by Misato Fukuen, the voice of Chibiusa. The third is Only Eternity Brings the Two Together, sung by Kenji Nojima, the voice of Tuxedo Mask. We’ve already gotten full length versions of all of these in the individual CD singles so these are not repeated on this release.

I would recommend fans pick up this release if they have the means and interest to import it. It’s a good way to support the show and these kinds of releases. If it comes out on iTunes later that would be a good alternative way to purchase it, avoiding import costs and having a generally lower price tag. If you just don’t want to pay for it I’m sure you can find it online somewhere.

Keep reading for more pictures of the packaging including photos of all pages of the included booklet.

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II - Back

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II - Spine

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II - Back

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II - Booklet - Page 1 and 2 - Track listing

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II - Booklet - Pages 3 and 4

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II - Booklet - Pages 5 and 6

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II - Booklet - Pages 7 and 8

Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II - Booklet - Pages 9 and 10

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2 thoughts on “Sailor Moon Crystal Original Soundtracks II review

  1. Finally! Thanks, Adam.

    This soundtrack was absolutely beautiful. I was instantly excited when I heard that the same composer/producer from season 1 and season 2 will be doing season 3, and I obviously hope it’s the same composer for season 4 and season 5 as well.

    While I appreciated that they used the OST from season 1 and season 2, I honestly wished they would have used season 3 soundtrack more. For example, they only played “A Worrisome Dream” once on the first episode, and “Sailor Neptune” once when she used Submarine Violin Tide, when that should have been used a million other times. They did not juice the season 3 soundtrack enough.

    Now someone please go make a video of Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune transformation, but with the “Sailor Neptune” track instead. It fits sooooooo much better!

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